Recent SSD scare, recommended follow-up?

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TheHateCamel

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I recently had a failure to start Windows even though my SSD (Samsung 840 EVO 250G, three and a half years old) was showing up in BIOS. It would not start even in Safe Mode. I used a technique I found in another thread of unplugging the SATA data plug from the SSD but leaving power plugs in, turning the computer on, and letting it idle for a couple hours....then turn off computer, unplug power to SSD, then plug back in after at least a full minute. I did this multiple times without success, so I then extended the hours that the SSD idled from 2 up to 10 hours.

This finally got me back in business, so I ran CHKDSK in Command Prompt (admin mode) but it is saying "No problems found". Any advice on what to do next? I doubt this happened for no reason, right? My drive only came with Samsung Magician, and I'll include a picture on what that is coming up status-wise.
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CaptainCretin

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I honestly havent heard of this before, usually when they die, they die completely and without warning; but as the drive comes back to life, my suspicion would focus on the interface board inside the drive.

Since they are usually sealed, that board cannot be replaced, so I would NOT trust valuable data to it ever again, go get a replacement ASAP.
 
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Chances are there is nothing wrong with it. It came back on. Firmware on ssds take care of a lot more than on hdds and I have had a couple ssds do weird things, restart, work fine, and keep working. I haven't had one die yet. Sectors/blocks go bad the same as a hdd but that wasn't the issue if chkdsk didn't find anything. Whatever data is on a dead sector doesn't come back and it's one reason you should always have backups.
 
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madgar29

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bad files, another test would have been will windows installer pick up the drive when it is not booting up. Just to see if its showing up as a valid drive to install on. - To me this indicates a bad file on system

Connectivity of the device..... Try a different sata wire. and/or power.


Reasoning behind this trouble shooting it is a SSD solid state drive, and it has been working for three years. Nothing should have changed unless you threw it against the wall. So nothing should be wrong with it. however what is more likely to go out? A file or a connection.....


if it is not a file or a cord, back up ASAP, do not use the drive for anything important. and replace the new main drive. I'd wait for a sell there is hard drive sales all the time even combos for 100 bucks now a days.
 
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